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PRINTING MACHINE.

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Patented Nov. 14. 1893,

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VILLIAM M. D. TURTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PRINTING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,535, dated November 14, 1893. Applieationfled August 18, 1892. Serial No,443,37 2. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. D. TURToN, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Printing-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the inventin is to provide a new and improved printing machine, which 'is simple and durable in construction, very eifective in operation, and designedl for printlng any desired pattern on'textile fabrics, oil cloth, paper, and other material.

The invention consists of certain parts and details, and combinations of the same, as will be hereinafter described and then pointed out in the claims. Y

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, 1n whlch similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of the improvement; and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3 3- of Fig. 4. Fig. et is an elevation (enlarged) of the gearing and means for driving and supporting the inking roller. Fig. 5 is a detail View illustrating the bearings of the pattern' cylinders.

The improved printing machine is provided with a suitably-constructed frame A, at one end of which is journaled the transverselyextending main driving shaft B, carrying at one end a pulley C, connected by belt with suitable machinery for imparting a rotary motion to the said shaft B. On the latter is secured a roller D, over which passes an endless traveling belt E, also passing over a second roller D', journaled at the other end of the main frame A.

On the top of the traveling belt E discharges a downwardly-inclined table F near the roller D', the material being passed over the said table so as to be carried forward by the feed belt in the .direction of the arrow at. A roller G, is journaled at the discharge end of the frame A in suitable brackets projecting from the latter, on which roller l1s wound the material after it is printed upon by the printing devices.

A series of pattern cylinders H, are arranged above the feed belt E, the said pattern rollers or cylinders being located one in the rear of the other as plainly illustrated in the drawings, and as many are employed as are necessary to produce a pattern of a series of different colors. Itis understood that each pattern cylinder or roller H contains the pattern for'one color` so that the several rollers after printing produce a combined pattern of various colors.

Each of the cylinders H has a shaft H', jonrnaled in bearings J mounted to slide vertically in suitable standards J, erected on the sides ofthe frame A. Each bearing is mounted on a screw rod K, for adjusting the bearing and consequently the cylinder H relative to the material passing with the belt E under the respective cylinder. On each screw rod K is also secured a spring K for holding the bearing in a lowermost position to press the printing cylinder into contact with the material to be printed as illustrated in Fig. 5.

As shown in Fig. 5, the lower portion of the rod K, is threadless, or smooth, which allowsy the yoke by which it is connected with the bearing of a cylinder to slide or move upward independently, while the spring K maintains its pressure on the bearing so as to bring it back to its normal position.

On one end of the shaft H of each pattern cylinder H is secured a gear wheel L,in mesh with a gear wheel L', journaled on a stud secured tothe respective guideway J, the said gear wheel L being in mesh at its under side with a worin N, held on a shaft O, arranged longitudinally on the frame A and mounted to turn in suitable bearings secured to the said frame. On the shaft O is secured a bevel gear wheel O', in mesh with a bevel gear wheel O2, attached to the main driving shaft B, so that when the latter is rotated a rotary motion is transmitted to the shaft O by the bevel gearl Wheels O2 and O. The rotary motion of the shaft O is transmitted by the several worms N to the several gear wheels L which rotate the gear Wheels L thus turning the pattern cylinders H in unison with the movement of the feed belt E.

It is understood that the several gear wheels and worms are so proportioned that a uniform motion takes place relative to the pat- IOO tern cylinders H and the traveling feed belt. The inking device for each pattern cylinder H is arranged in frontof the same and is also actuated from the shaft O, the latter being provided for this purpose with a worm P, for each inking device. The worm P meshes into an intermediate gear wheel P', journaled on the main frame A and in mesh with a pinion Q, held on the shaft Q', of the fountain roller Q2, revolving in the fountain R, containing the color with which the respective pattern cylinder H is to be inked. The fountain roller Q2 is ordinarily in frictional contact with the inking roller S, resting against the peripheral surface of the pattern cylinder H so as to transmit the ink from the fountain roller Q2 to the pattern cylinderH. Thisinking roller S is journaled in an arm S mounted to swing from the shaft Q and adapted to be secured by a bolt S2 to a slotted xed segment S3 attached to the fountain R, as illustrated in Fig. 3. A sprocket wheel or pulley S4 is secured on the shaft of the roller S and is connected by a sprocket chain or belt S5 with a sprocket wheel or pulley S6 held on the fountain roller shaft Q. In the frame Adirectly in line with each pattern cylinder H is journaled a roller D2, over which passes the top part of the feed belt E, the said roller giving the necessary resistance at the time the printing takes place by the pattern cylinder. In case material other than oil-cloth is printed, I provide a sawdust sprinkling device T, located near the discharge end of the feed belt E and provided in its bottom with a brush roller T, for regulating the amount of the sawdust passed onto the printed top surface of the article. When the printed surface has been covered with sawdust, it can be rolled up at once without any danger of the color ruuning or coming off on the back of the goods.

The operation is as follows: WVhen the main driving shaft B is set in motion, then the belt E is caused to travel and a rotary motion is imparted to the pattern cylinders H, the inking rollers S and the fountain rollers Q2. The material to be printed is passed over the feed table F onto the feed belt E, which carries the material forward under the tirst pattern cylinder H, which prints on the top of the material its design in the respective color. The material then in passing still farther forward comes next under the second pattern cylinder H and receives a second impression of the design on the peripheral surface of the said cylinder and of the selected color from its inking device. The material is again treated in a like manner by the next and the following cylinders, so that finally the material is discharged from the feed belt and Wound upon the roller G with a design printed thereon in various colors. 'lhe several pattern cylinders H are so arranged that they can be moved upward outof contact with the material under treatment so that any desired number of cylinders may be employed or only a single one, as the case may be. As shown at the left in Fig. 1, the last pattern roller H has been movedupward by its screw rod K, so as to be out of contact with the material passing underneath it on the feed belt E, and

Vat the same time the pattern cylinders and gear wheel Lare out of mesh with their corre'- sponding gear wheel L'. The inking rollerS for this last pattern cylinder H has also been thrown out of contact with the peripheral surface of the cylinder so that no inking of the latter takes place. In printing linoleum the color used must be worked warm, and for this purpose a steam pipe is passed through each of the fountains R, the steam admitted to the latter being controlled by a suitable valve.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In a printing machine, ofthe character described, the combination with the endless traveling feed belt for carrying the article to be printed, of a series of pattern cylinders, a a series of fountain rollers, a series of inliing rollers, rigid pivoted arms for supporting the latter, and a shaft, worm cog gearing pulleys and belts for transmitting motion to the said feed-belt, cylinders and rollers, substantially as shown and described.

2. A printing machine comprising an endless traveling feed belt for carrying the article to be printed, a series of pattern cylinders arranged above the belt, one in front of the other and mounted to turn in unison with the movement of the traveling feed belt, an inking device for each pattern cylinder, and a sawdust sprinkling device at the end of the series of pattern cylinders to sprinkle sawdust onto the printed material, substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM M. D. TURTON.

Witnesses:

OLIVER S. KEELY, GEORGE A. HARDMAN.

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